1billsfan Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 to leave for the weekend... http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/06/16/More-Than-Half-of-Senators-Ditch-Classified-NSA-Intel-Breifing-to-Head-Home Insane.
keepthefaith Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Not surprising but disappointing for sure. Maybe we'll get a list of who did and who didn't in the coming days.
dayman Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Pretty sure a lot of people in Congress already know -and have known for some time- more details than are publicly available about this program.
B-Man Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Tom Coburn explained that he has already been fully briefed as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and didn’t need to stick around. That didn’t cut much ice with committee chair Dianne Feinstein, who vented considerable frustration at the poor attendance: “It’s hard to get this story out. Even now we have this big briefing — we’ve got Alexander, we’ve got the FBI, we’ve got the Justice Department, we have the FISA Court there, we have Clapper there — and people are leaving,” she said. I don’t often agree with Feinstein, but she’s spot-on here. Isn’t a briefing on whether the executive branch is abusing the First and Fourth Amendments worth canceling a flight and staying over until Friday? Father’s Day is Sunday, after all, not Friday.
IDBillzFan Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Tom Coburn explained that he has already been fully briefed as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and didn’t need to stick around. That didn’t cut much ice with committee chair Dianne Feinstein, who vented considerable frustration at the poor attendance: “It’s hard to get this story out. Even now we have this big briefing — we’ve got Alexander, we’ve got the FBI, we’ve got the Justice Department, we have the FISA Court there, we have Clapper there — and people are leaving,” she said. I don’t often agree with Feinstein, but she’s spot-on here. Isn’t a briefing on whether the executive branch is abusing the First and Fourth Amendments worth canceling a flight and staying over until Friday? Father’s Day is Sunday, after all, not Friday. I agree with your point, but you could argue the WH knew precisely what it was doing by scheduling the briefing when it did, which resulted in everyone looking stupid except the WH. They couldn't schedule it for Wednesday? Tuesday? They couldn't tell everyone is was in their best interest to do what they must to attend the meeting?
Doc Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Meh, they can do what Barry does and read about it in the newspapers.
Keukasmallies Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 The ultimate oxymoron: Senate and the word Intelligence.
DC Tom Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 The ultimate oxymoron: Senate and the word Intelligence. The ultimate oxymoron is Dianne Feinstein chairs the Senate Intelligence committee.
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